Festival Playlist events and rewards Dec. 25 - Jan. 1 (Spring S54)

[T10ManteoMax]

SPRING | HOT SEASON | HORIZON HOLIDAYS (SERIES 54)

Here are the details on this week’s events and rewards. Share tips along with your tuning setup codes.

The season starts at 6:30am Pacific on December 25 and ends Thursday, January 1, 2026 2:30 PM
This is the fourth season of the returning Horizon Holidays series.

PLAYLIST POINTS & REWARDS

Playlist points overview

Points are accumulated across all four seasons. Each event in the Festival Playlist has a number of points to earn noted in the bottom left corner of the event tile. Accumulate points with any combination of completed events to earn the first reward car, and continue earning points from remaining events to earn the second reward car. Cars noted as Seasonal Exclusive are not available in the Autoshow, so grab them while you can! But don’t worry if you miss them, these cars may come back again for future Festival Playlists, or you can use a Backstage Pass to select from the available options.

Series: 273 points

• Series Reward: 2013 Cadillac XTS Limousine (Backstage/Seasonal exclusive car) (80 points)
• Series Reward: 1964 Plymouth Belvedere (Seasonal exclusive car) (160 points)

Season: 67 points

• Season Reward: 1970 AMC Rebel ‘The Machine’ (Seasonal exclusive car) (20 points)
• Season Reward: Horizon Backstage Pass (40 points)

PLAYLIST EVENT REWARDS

In addition to the rewards for seasonal and series progress, this season you can also earn these rewards from completing individual events:

• Car: 2015 Audi TTS Coupe
• Car: 2008 BMW Z4 M Coupe
• Car: 2002 Chevrolet Corvette Z06
• Car: 2016 Cadillac ATS-V
• Car: 2017 Jaguar F-PACE S
• Car: 2018 Mercedes-Benz X-Class
• Clothing: Sad Snowman Head (Seasonal item)
• Clothing: Grit Reapers Cap
• Super Wheelspins
• Forzathon Points

HORIZON BACKSTAGE CARS

Added to the Backstage Shop this week:

• 2022 Dodge Challenger SRT Super Stock
• 2005 Honda NSX-R GT

Two cars are added with the change of each season and voting for the next week beings. Backstage Passes can be earned from seasonal playlist points and the Forzathon Shop. See details on Horizon Backstage voting and car selection here.

FORZATHON SHOP

Use Forzathon Points earned from events to collect cars, clothes, car horns, Backstage Passes, and Super Wheelspins before the season ends:

600 FP Car	2009 Pagani Zonda Cinque Roadster
300 FP Car	2015 Mercedes-Benz #24 Tankpool24 Racing Truck
75 FP Clothing	Green Suit Outfit
75 FP Clothing	Yellow SPAIK Sundress
1000 FP Backstage Pass	1 Pass
60 FP / 150 FP	Wheelspin & Super Wheelspin

FORZATHON CHALLENGES

Completing these challenges earn seasonal points plus Forzathon Points (FP) which can be used in the Forzathon Shop.

Forzathon Weekly Challenge
(5 pts) All four challenges must be completed in sequence to earn points.

Rise to the Challenge
Chapter 1: Flex those Muscles	Own and drive the 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon
Chapter 2: In the Groove	Win an A Class Drag Race in a Stock Dodge Challenger SRT Demon
Chapter 3: Power Up	Upgrade the Dodge Challenger SRT Demon to S1 Class and win a Drag Race
Chapter 4: Limited Edition	Take a photo of the Dodge Challenger SRT Demon

Forzathon Daily Challenges
(1 pt each) Each new challenge starts daily at 6:30am PT and is open for 7 days.

Energy to Burn	Earn a Burnout Skill in the Dunas Blancas
Take Off	Take a picture of the Plane at the Horizon Festival Mexico
Crafted for Greatness	Earn a total of 5 Stars from Trailblazers in an Alumi Craft vehicle
Happy New Year!	Send a Gift Drop to another player
New Ground	Win a Dirt Race in any Retro Rally vehicle upgraded to ‘A’ class
Lightning Speeds	Reach 100mph in any Expedition
Throwing Shade	Change the colour of your vehicle’s window tint

SEASON EVENT DETAILS

Seasonal general overview

Toggle the menu to show the rewards and restrictions for each event - if you complete the event in a car outside the restrictions or fail to meet the target, you won’t get the reward and points from completion. You must have unlocked the Hall of Fame with Accolade points to enter the Trial. Access to Rally Adventure Expansion DLC events require defeating the three team champions. Access to Hot Wheels events requires the Hot Wheels Expansion DLC; users without the DLC will still be able to gold the season and unlock the “Min, Meet Max” Achievement without these event points.

Pts	Event	Name	Requirement	Route
10	The Trial	Holiday Rush	(C600) Hot Hatch	Road Racing (Cathedral Circuit, Bola Ocho Circuit, Panoramica Sprint)
3	Playground Games	We 3 Kings	(S1 900) Anything Goes	Estadio Horizon - Team King
2	Danger Sign	Heights of Mulegé	(S2 998) Anything Goes - 1083 feet (330 m)
2	Speed Zone	La Subida	(S2 998) Anything Goes - 130 mph (209 kph)
2	Trail Blazer	Sand and Deliver	(S2 998) Anything Goes - 35 seconds
5	Championship	Feliz Navidad	(B700) 2010s	Dirt Racing (Fuera del Camino Trail, Desierto Trail, Horizon Baja Scramble)
5	Championship	New Beginnings	(A800) Modern Sports Cars	Road Racing (Tierra Pròspera Circuit, Gran Pantano Sprint, Los Jardines Circuit)
5	Championship	Down for the Countdown	(C600) Pickups & 4x4s	Cross Country Racing (Las Dunas CC, Costera CC Circuit, Airfield CC Circuit)
3	Horizon Tour	Co-Op Championships	Complete a Horizon Tour
2	Photo Challenge	#HideAndSeek	Photograph the Snowman at the Buena Esperanza Player House near Ek’ Balam
2	RA Speed Zone	Crateras Secos	(A800) Modern Muscle - 65 mph (105 kph)
5	RA Championship	Mini-utes to Midnight	(B700) MINI	Valle de Pozas, Palm Forest, Orogrande
2	HW Danger Sign	Ice Crash	(S2 998) Anything Goes - 1969 feet (600m)
5	HW Championship	By the Fire	(A800) Sports Utility Heroes	Canyon’s Drop Hazard Sprint, Volcano Pass Hazard Sprint, Lava Loop Hazard Sprint

MONTHLY RIVALS

The total point value of Monthly events is divided by four when applied to individual seasons; completing the two Rivals events will apply 2 points to each season in this series. Post a clean lap to complete Rivals events. Monthly Rivals cars are stock and provided as free rentals for the event, allowing you to test drive the car before collecting it from seasonal points.

Pts	Event	Route	Car
1	Monthly Rivals	Estadio Circuit	Caddy Limo
1	Forza EV Rivals	Arch of Mulegé Circuit	CUPRA UrbanRebel Concept

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[Dannis6217]

SPRING HOT SEASON

Campaign Series 54 Spring

• # Forzathon Der Herausforderung Begegnen [Rise tot he Challenge]
2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon - Tuning Code: 629164948 (A800) / 953905955 (S1)
Design-Code: 401893802

• The Trail: Feiertagsspektakel [Holiday Rush]
Requirement: C600 Hot Hatch
2009 Mini John Cooper Works – Tuning Code: 295615312 / Design-Code: 314900464

• Danger Sign: Mulegé-Anhöhe [Heights of Mulegé]
Requirement: S2 all (DIRT)
Ziel/ Target: 259,1 m / 850 feet
2020 Koenigsegg Jesko - Tuning Code: 149811607 / Design-Code: 177379235

• Speed Zone: La Subida
Requirement: S2 all (DIRT)
Ziel/ Target: 225,3 km/h / 140 mph
1986 Hoonigan Ford RS200 Evo - Tuning Code: 776111396 / Design-Code: 118606532

• Trail Blazer: Abliefern im Sand [Sand and Deliver]
Requirement: S2 all (DIRT)
Ziel/ Target: 35 s
1986 Hoonigan Ford RS200 Evo - Tuning Code: 776111396 / Design-Code: 118606532

• Feliz Navidad
Requirement: B700 2010s (DIRT)
2018 Mercedes-Benz X-Klasse - Tuning Code: 289970979 / Design-Code: 175494430

or

2015 BMW X6 M – Tuning-Code: 134021649 / Design-Code; 144995891

• Neuanfänge [New Beginnings]
Requirement: A800 Modern Sports Cars
2012 Mercedes-Benz SLK 55 AMG - Tuning Code: 159415892 / Design: 172774993

• Ausgezählt [Down for the Countdown]
Requirement: C600 Pickups & 4x4 (DIRT)
2018 Mercedes-Benz X-Klasse – Tuning Code: 379493312 / Design-Code: 175494430

Rally Adventures:

• Speed Trap: Cráteres Secos
Requirement: A800 Modern Muscle (DIRT)
Ziel/ Target: 105 km/h / 65 mph
2016 Cadillac CTS-V Sedan - Tuning Code: 227899008 / Design-Code: 100214697

• Mini-Uten bis Mitternacht [Mini-utes to Midnight]
Requirement: B700 Mini (DIRT)
2013 Mini X-RAID All4 Racing Countryman - Tuning: 129889677 / Design: 149154333

or

1965 Mini Cooper S (DIRT) - Tuning: 180208123 / Design: 151211102

Hot Wheels:

• Danger Sign: Eis-Crash [Ice Crash]
Requirement: S2 all
Ziel/ Target: 2297 feet / 700 m
2018 Chevrolet HW Copo Camaro - Tuning Code: 151775656 / Design: 154991911

• Am Feuer [By the Fire]
Requirement: A800 SuV Heroes (DIRT)
2020 Land Rover Defender 110X - Tuning Code: 120109500 / Design: 594884270

[BurmaEK]

And so it continues.

[TheGillesMuller]

Ah C Cathedral, the one thing more than anything else I hoped never to see again….

All my own tunes again apart from the obvious one, I stuck with the cars that don’t need to either stay with their native drivetrain (shift penalty + bad stock gearing in auto) or require Drags with AWD to drop to C class….

C Hot Hatch (Cathedral Circuit)

Renault Clio RS 200 EDC – 1:05.516
VW ID.4 (RWD, rallies) – 1:05.649
Vauxhall Corsa – 1:05.916

Honda Civic ’07 – 1:06.033
MG MG3 – 1:06.600
Ford Focus ’03 – 1:06.950

Mini JCW ’09 – 1:07.150
VW ID.4 – 1:07.551

Mini JCW ’09 (Dannis6217, FWD) – 1:08.385

All on stock tires (minus the quicker ID.4 obviously), since they’re all pretty good for C class.

I ran the ID.4 with a RWD build because auto isn’t at any disadvantage with single gear EV’s but mainly because of the vast difference between it and the AWD conversion when I was in the upgrades menu, the RWD one is almost a full 1000lbs lighter and running Rallies vs the AWD’s Stock, apart from slightly more stability there is no upside to having it AWD, even the RWD’s launch + 1st lap were substantially faster.

Word of caution though it’s top speed is awful, barely over 100mph due to the stock transmission, but on Cathedral and Bola it’s perfectly fine, the race transmission bumps my build up to 662PI so that’ll be why the AWD swap is so much slower since it’s included.

[LSD51ZEN]

@TheGillesMuller

Mini JCW ’09 (Dannis6217, FWD) – 1:08.385

[MrMogtastic]

So this season’s single brand (ish) for all the main championships and the trial is:

Renault/Alpine/Nissan…

[TheGillesMuller]

Maybe the R390 for the main game stunts?

[MrMogtastic]

Oh…

Thats a good shout. I don’t normally put much thought into the PR stunts but this would make them much more interesting.

[MrMogtastic]

Realised laterly that both Nissan and jeep could “count as” renaults for the pickups and 4x4s so did both options based on roughly era appropriate Renault Dakar liveries:

[DungGForza]

Forza Horizon 5 How to Complete Festival Playlist Spring Season Series 54 Full Guide, Tune Code

[tommyfon]

Just got some good tunes for this weeks championships to share
” Feliz Navidad : 2011 Subaru Impreza WRX STI. Tune name : B700 Dirt Season

Share code : 101 097 394

“ New Beginnings “ 2018 Porsche 718 Cayman GTS : Tune name : A800 Seasonal

Share Code : 128 693 713

“ Down for the Countdown : 2012 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon : Tune Name : C600 CC

Share Code : 544 324 855

[Bravo437]

Well, hard to believe another year has already gone by & it’s Christmas time again. Definitely is a lot quieter around here these days, which is unfortunate, but not surprising I guess given where we are at with the game.

I haven’t been playing as much myself, but still logging in regularly. I was genuinely curious if I missed the reason behind why the FCT continues to push tunes for the weekly reward car from the same player, week after week, so I decided I would check it out a bit further & put some actual data behind it fwiw.

Felt like a comparison test should suffice, so I decided on a course that would allow for a decent range of handling & speed: Línea Costera Sprint, running 2 cold races per tune against unbeatable AI.

I started with what happens to be the top A class Road tune from cezar013 (454 654 183) who is a tuner I’ve used quite a bit over the years with typically excellent results. It is very much what I would expect with an AWD aero build, rally suspension & tires. It performed very nicely & was easy to handle. Here are the results from the best out of 2:

I then tried the recommended tune (below) showing the comparison to cezar013’s. Was a bit surprised this was a no aero build given the car type, as well as some of the other chosen options. While handling & speed were decent, it was definitely a bit more of a challenge to handle. Best of the 2 results below.

Obviously, results will vary, but this at least gave me a comparison based on my own driving & I guess I’m still a bit confused by the continued repetitive recommendations, but maybe I missed something

Anyway, hope those of you who are still checking in here are having a safe & happy holiday season. Cheers all!

[TheGillesMuller]

I just tried it myself, only with my own build vs the recommended one and yep similar results…

And there was never any moment when I thought I could take 1st, that 2nd place of mine was set long before crossing the finish line.

Did the 20pts for a fresh Rebel so I could see the build on the recommended tune, no other way of saying this it’s just terrible, multiple places where PI has been wasted for no/minimal benefit, wrong engine swap with bad power upgrades on top, no gearbox upgrade so long gears for an engine who’s power band is right near the top of it’s revs, race suspension which costs a lot of PI on this car and is pointless if you don’t know what to actually adjust.

And if any more proof is needed the build is 681hp 3115lbs, I found it could get to 3101lbs, or 683hp 3107lbs just with a couple of extra upgrades that were right there available to the creator if they’d just spent 30 seconds checking if there was still room for them, the fact they clearly didn’t is in itself proof that it’s just a lazy tune thrown out there without any care or thought put into it.

We must have all been naughty this year so the FCT decided to try putting some coal in everyone’s virtual Mexican stockings, but jokes aside rubbish like this should not be getting recommended, promoted or pushed on to the entire community, it’s disrespectful to every single player who wants themselves and other people to have a better experience in the game, whether they know about building/tuning a car or not.